Month: January 2023

The authorities on Wednesday issued advisory regarding movement of traffic in Srinagar on January 26. According to the advisory, various diversions have been ordered in view of the main R-Day function being held at Sher-i-Kashmir Stadium Sonwar here. It said that no traffic shall be allowed from Panthachowk towards Dalgate and all motorists shall use highway-Nowgam-Natipora-Nowgam-Sanatnagar-Hyderpora Bypass to reach to their destinations. “No traffic shall be allowed from Dalgate towards Sher-i-Kashmir Stadium Sonwar. Motorists shall use Khonakhan-SRTC Bridge-Sangermal Road to reach to their destinations,” it said, adding, “No vehicle shall be allowed towards Panthachowk via Dalgate Sonwar route. All motorists shall adopt M.A Road/Residency Road/HSHS/Jahangir Chowk flyover-Rambag...

Shabir Khan A budding Cricket allrounder from north Kashmir's  Watergam Rafiabad town succumbed to the injuries on Wednesday morning. Family members confirming his death to The Kashmiriyat said that Tahir Lone (26), had been injured after he fell down from a two-story house in the north Kashmir town on Saturday. Popularly known as Lala in Handwara, Tahir was rushed to the nearby hospital where he was referred to Srinagar for advanced treatment. The 26-year-old breathed his last at SKIMS hospital in Srinagar. Hundreds of people amid the inclement weather have rushed to his residence to pay solidarity to the family and participate in the last rites of the youth.

An ailing Central Reserve Police Force trooper died of a cardiac arrest in Vessu area of Qazigund in south Kashmir's Kulgam district on Wednesday morning. An official told the news agency—Kashmir News Observer (KNO) that the trooper of 48/F Coy deployed at KP Colony Vessu was ill for the last few days and today morning he suffered a cardiac arrest. He said he was rushed to GMC hospital where he was declared dead on arrival. “The apparent cause of death seems due to the cardiac arrest,” he said. The trooper has been identified as Pyare Lal Yadav of UP and was poster as sub inspector in CRPF—(KNO)

Danishwar Hameed A driver died while as two other persons were injured after rolling boulders hitted a truck and tanker on Jammu-Srinagar highway. “Due to overnight rains, boulders rolled down in Magarkote hitting a tanker and truck & resulting in on spot death of truck driver, injurues to others, who have been shifted to PHC Ramsoo.Rescue op on.NH-44 blocked.” DC Ramban Tweeted. Confirming the incident, an official said that boulders rolled down on Jammu-Srinagar National Highway (NH-44) at Magarkot in Ramban district, hit a tanker and truck resulting in on spot death of truck driver while two others were injured who have been hospitalized. He identified deceased driver as Muneeb Ahmed Hajam son of  Abdul Rehman Hajam, a resident of area in Kulgam who was 21 years old....